Little bit of info.
Added 2024-03-17 03:09:29 +0000 UTCI had a question over on steam that I answered and I wanted to post it here (publicly) in case anyone else had the same question.
"First of all, I really enjoyed day 6. However, I have a couple of questions. First question: are you completely done with the points system? Did my choices at the beginning of the story matter at all? Second question: Is this a straight up kinetic novel now? I made zero decisions in day 6." - Penn
This is the answer.
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No I am not done with the points system, or the choices, awhile back I ran a poll on how "most" people play the game, and that's what is here, most people are going for alex so that is what is here so I could get the "primary route" out in a timely manner.
Over the next few weeks there will be periodic updates that add choices into day 6, and if you rejected alex in the past it will either not allow anything to happen at night, or allow you to make the choice again, as well as more of "playable" mid day rather then just a summery like what is here now.
All of its been in the works but as I reached the 3 month deadline, I made sure the most played route was finished, and tried to finish as many animations as i could
(I didn't sleep for 3 days while trying to get this out, kind of had a little panic attack too ;) )
I've talked before about my issue's with over rendering, and its still an issue but doing everything I can to get better at it. Some one mentioned that the driving scene with kayla had the most renders, while that is partially true(at the time I wasn't sure what they were talking about, so wanted to make sure I had every possible expression..), in terms of what you can see, the animations had the most renders, my animation directory for day 6 has a little over 2000 images, some failed renders for various reasons (I am ocd, Alex's hair jump during the bj still bothers the crap out of me.) *Still learning to get better at them
I did the math on the amount of renders I did in this, including the ones not in it yet, and if I was able to just render 24/7 without having gaps to pose and everything else, it was somewhere around 24 and a half days of just straight rendering, not including posing, scene setup, etc, and that's at an average of 10 minutes per image.
It does seem a little weird to release like this, where some peoples choices aren't in it yet,but I always get both sides of it, The amount of comments I get just telling me to finish the main story arc first then worry about side stuff later is insane. So I tried that here, knowing now I'll get the other side of it ;)
But now I am able to work on day 7 while finishing the other content for day 6 (I do run two instances of daz studio as it allows me to be more productive as I can pose one scene while another is rendering, which limits the amount of time I wait and the gaps between complete images.)
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Also wanted to add, more is coming for the female route, its no secret that I am guy so I tend to like to render the male route, especially when it comes to Alex. (In case you didn't catch on, I really enjoyed the look of her in those jeans... like.. drool....)
So yes, The female route for day 6 will get longer and have more renders, They just weren't finished yet, but the main story is present as right now the main story for female route is focused more on Kayla at the moment. (an intentional shift to break up the paths)
Comments
Yes. Kayla is still a choice on male route obviously, it will just take a different path then the female route, just like female route will have a different path with Alex.
3DRComics
2024-03-17 22:34:11 +0000 UTCI am going to be the contrarian here. Although I enjoy the Alex route, especially in the earlier chapters, I find that now I am more interested in the Kayla route - so I would appreciate choices the lead to continuation of that route. Also, keep the point system!
Steve Craley
2024-03-17 16:09:32 +0000 UTCI was actually wondering the same thing after doing Day 6, so thank you for the answer. Huh, I do like the Alex content, true, but I am en equal opportunity connossure, and I do like Kayla's content as well. I kind feel like I missed out on the evening, with how it played out. Mei was fun, but I kinda would have enjoyed developing Misa more, as she was more central to the original story's... bait. Ava was... well she is not all there still, but it felt like an odd step backward, and I was hoping for a choice someplace in there and.. yeah. The accomplice and sex puppet I thought I was grooming, dissappointed me. :( So yeah, I'm looking forward to your updates, to see where things might differ in how it played out based on how I've made my choices.
Liam Altair
2024-03-17 09:24:55 +0000 UTC